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NorthPark Center is a large enclosed upscale shopping mall located in Dallas, Texas (United States). The mall is located at the intersection of Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) and US 75 (North Central Expressway). The center has over 235 stores and restaurants.〔http://northparkcenter.com/press_release/050307e.html〕 NorthPark is the first shopping center featured on Vogue Magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= NorthPark Center Brings Runway to Dallas )〕 It has annual sales of more than $1 billion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Owners of Dallas' NorthPark Center hire broker to arrange financing )〕 NorthPark Center is ranked at number nineteen for one of the largest malls in the United States, based on esri.com.〔http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/malls/〕 ==History== In the early 1960s, developer Raymond Nasher leased a cotton field on the edge of Dallas and hired E.G Hamilton of Harrell+Hamilton Architects. NorthPark Center opened in 1965, as then the largest climate-controlled retail establishment in the world, and is now owned by the Caruth family and managed, operated and leased by husband and wife David J. Haemisegger and Nancy A. Nasher (Ray's daughter). In 2006, NorthPark opened its doors to an expansion that more than doubled the size of the existing center, adding an 88,000 sq ft Barneys New York store as a new anchor. (Barneys turned out to be one of the Center's few failures in recent history; it closed its doors in 2012.) For its expansion, NorthPark brought back the same architecture firm that designed the original section to ensure its aesthetic was respected and enhanced. The expansion also included a new collection of specialty retail shops and a third-floor 16-screen AMC theater. The new two-story expansion finally provided for easy circulation around the Center, by forming a continuous loop through the entire complex. The American Film Institute's Dallas International Film Festival was sponsored by NorthPark Center in 2009. The event was held in the AMC NorthPark 15 Theater, which also hosted screenings during the festival’s first two years. The addition has been lauded for architecture that draws in more natural light and fits seamlessly into the original mall’s sleek, modern design. Best known for its reputation as an art museum inside a shopping center, in November 2007, NorthPark Center was named as one of the seven retail wonders of the modern world along with Neiman Marcus’ store at Natick Collection in Massachusetts, Japan’s Mikimoto store in Ginza, England’s Bullring shopping center, Poland’s Złote Tarasy in Warsaw, Apple’s flagship store in New York City and Italy’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shopping Centers Today Online )〕 The 2008 expansion of NorthPark attracted a wide range of famous labels to open boutiques exclusive to the Texas market, including: Roberto Cavalli, Tod's, Officine Panerai, Eileen Fisher, Elie Tahari, Helen Ficalora, The North Face, Spanx, and Na Hoku. NorthPark Center also is home to several Dallas exclusive stores including Agent Provocateur, Eileen Fisher, Elie Tahari, Frye Company, Helen Ficalora, Longchamp (opening Spring 2016), Mulberry, Officine Panerai, PIRCH, and Ted Baker. NorthPark is the home of Texas' first H&M, a trendy and fast-fashion label from Sweden. H&M has since opened other locations in Texas. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=H&M opening first Texas store at Dallas' NorthPark Center )〕 2006 also marked the year that the tenth annual Fashion!Dallas/Kim Dawson Model Search competition relocated from Galleria Dallas and began to take place at NorthPark Center. This competition helps launched the careers of supermodel Erin Wasson, Mimi Roche, Chaise Mooty, Ali Michael and hundreds of other successful models.〔http://northparkcenter.com/press_release/081806.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NorthPark Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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